Mucilage-bottle



(No Model.)

' L. P. ANSCHUTZ MUGILAGE BOTTLE. No. 597,350.

Patented Jan. 11,1898,

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UNITED STATES LOUIS F. ANSCHUTZ, CF ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT.

MUCILAG E-BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,350, dated January11, 1898.

Application filed April 29, 1897 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS F. ANSCHUTZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at An sonia, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMucilage Bottles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention has for its object to produce a mucilage-cup which shall beperfectly airtight, will remain air-tight, so as to prevent evaporation,and the neck of which may be kept clean without inconvenience, as themucilage will be prevented from coming in contact therewith.

With these ends in viewI have devised the novel mucilage-cup of whichthe following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings,is a specification, numbers being used to designate the several parts.

Figure 1 is avertical section on the line was in Fig. 2; Fig. 2, atransverse section on the line y y in Fig. I, looking up; and Fig. 3 isa sectional viewsimilar to Fig. 1, but illustrating a slight change inthe mode of construction.

.1. denotes the bottle, which may be of any desired shape, but which isprovided with a wide neck 2.

3 denotes the stopper, which is preferably made of glass and fits theneck closely, both neck and bottle being ground, so as to make anair-tight connection.

4. denotes the brush, which is rigidly fixed in the stopper, ordinarilythe upper end of the brush-handle bein g molded into the stopper, asclearly indicated in Fig. 3.

The essential feature of my invention is that I provide in the neck ofthe bottle a ring 5, the shank 6 of which is rigidly secured in thebottle. This ring is much smaller than the neck of the bottle, but muchlarger than the brush, so that the brush will pass through it easily andwithout contact, the object 01": the ring being to prevent the brushfrom coming in contact with the neck of the bottle in either removingorreplacing it and to provide a convenient scraper with which to removesurplus mucilage, the latter dropping down into the bottle withoutcoming in contact with the neck of the bottle.

In Fig. 1 I have shown the bottle as pro-,

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vided with an internal groove 7, in the present instance, although notnecessarily, just under the neck of the bottle. The shank is made longenough to pass entirely around the inner side of the body and to fitclosely in this groove, thereby holding the ring rigidly in position.

In the form illustrated in Fig. 3 the shank of the ring is shown asmolded into the bottle.

I have shown the ring and shank as made of wire and in a single piece;but either the ring or shank, or both, if preferred, may be made ofsheet metal.

In use it will be seen that the stopper fits the neck of the bottleclosely, so that even should the bottle be shaken about the mucilagewill not get between the stopper and the bottle. In withdrawing andreplacing the brush it is passed through the ring, and surplus mucilagemay be removed from the brush by drawing it over the ring, the mucilagedropping back into the bottle and not coming in contact with the neck ofthe bottle. Both neck and stopper are thus kept perfectly clean in use,so that the stopper may be readily removed at any time and mucilage willbe prevented from accumulating either upon the stopper or thebottle-neck.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A mucilage-bottle havinga wide neck and within the neck and at a distance from the innerperiphery thereof a ring and a shank rigidly secured in the bottle bywhich the ring is held in place, and a stopper or cover carrying a brushadapted to be supported within the ring by said cover out of contactwith the ring.

2. A mucilage-bottle provided with a wide neck ground upon its innersurface, a glass stopper ground to fit the neck, a brush rigidly fiXedin the stopper and a ring secured in the neck of the bottle throughwhich the brush is passed and which is adapted to reinove surplusmucilage from the brush and to prevent the mucilage from coming incontact with the neck of the bottle, the stopper being adapted tosupport the brush within the ring and out of contact therewith.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS F. ANSCHUTZ. lVitnesses:

LAURENCE K. BLAOKMAN, GEORGE Monnrson.

